Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-09

Every few weeks some advanced Rad
ieal in the House Of Commons feels
called upon 10 question the British gov
eminent concerning the pFobabls date
Of the withdrawal Of the British troops
from Egypt. The answer returned is
always q non. eommitai combination Of
words which conveys the idsa that the
government Is really not quite decided
In regard TO the exact time at which
the evacuation shall take place, but that
there Is no intention Of keeping sisele
British soldier In Egypt day after
eFder has been completely restored In
that unhappy country and British in
teresls have been sufficiently taken care
Of. Tbs advanced Radical thereupon
expresses his qualification and his fell
low members look upon him with the
half contemptnous. half plying gaze
which people are wont 10 turn upon 10.
dividusls who have been sanelehed.
The governments answers 10 this
question. however. are confined to the
verbal ones which are thas given in the
House Of Commons. II their actions
SPEAK At all, they tell entirely differ
ent story. The present generation saw
The English 70 into Egypt. but the pres
ent Renssalion will not see them GO out.
They are there 20 stay. and they will
stay unless some combination of the
European powers Ia formed strong
enough 10 compel them 20 relax their
hold upon the Nile valley The protec-
ton OF British intere' Is was the ostsn
sible object Of the original interference
OF tie English government in the airs
Of Egypt, aud the protection OF British
interests will be the excuse offered for
the annexation Of Egypt TO the British
Empire when the proper time for that
move seems 20 have arrived.
Annexation Il the only logical cut
coma OF The present British occupation.
and. throughout all the ministerial
changes and vicissitndes At London, the
British Government has kept steadily
In view its original intention Of makieR
Egypt as much a portisn of the Empire
~ India, Every movement since the
bombardment Of Alexandria has been
planned aud carried cut for the purpose
Of furtherine ths attainment Of that OBJ
iecs, and the pretense of a Temporary
occupation has been a fraud from the
hrsi.
For almost two centuries England
and France have been playing g game
Of which Egypt has been tbs stake.
France threw dsvn her Sand aud VII
tually vent out Of the game IN 1881
when shs refused 10 % operate With
England In SOP. rsssine lhe uprising Of
the Egyptian people sndsf Arab hey.
England saw her opportunity and vas
quick 10 improve 10. TIE hambard.
msns Of Alexandria and the batsls OF
Tel l kebir followed in quiek sueees
sion, leaving the kaelish troops in som
plsse possession Of Lower Esypa. The
uprising under ri Mahdi. the advaHss
up the Nile. the battle Of Aba klsa and
the fall Of khartoam vere but incident.
OF The occupation and Sid not ehanes
the purpose Of the british Government
or the means vhich had been ehosss
foE its accomplishment.
The verdi may - wpll make az u,
mind that the Eaglish are in Esypt Il
stay. The highway 10 India Is too val
liable for grasp upon it. once secured
- be relaxed. when the time seem
ripe, the temporary occupation masl
wil be d'opped ana il sill be 'ormsIl
announced that ESyps Ia an isleSra
portion Of the British Empire.